The Have a Good Day Café
Written by Frances Park
and Ginger Park
Illustrated by Katherine Potter
Published by Lee & Low Books
Early each morning Mike and his family drive to the city with their food cart.
They sell bagels and orange juice for breakfast, hot dogs and pizza for lunch. Mike passes the time by drawing pictures, and Grandma sits in the shade, fanning herself and missing life back home in Korea.
One day two other food carts show up on the family’s street corner. All summer long business dwindles away, and Mike’s worried parents start thinking about giving up their cart. Now it’s up to Mike, and Grandma, to find a way to bring back their customers.
The idea for this story originated when the authors would drive to work and see a Korean family setting up an outdoor food cart each morning. Brimming with warmth and love, The Have a Good Day Cafe is a tribute to the resourcefulness of new immigrants everywhere. Readers will be delighted by this mouth-watering celebration of family and culture.
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Publication Date: May 2002
Available As: Paperback
Picture Book, Age 06 or older
Community Represented: Korean/Korean American
Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences, Generational Differences: Language, Identity: Multilingual, Immigrant: Economic, Multilingual: Korean Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by Individual
Setting: United States
Character's Place in the Immigration Journey: Immigrant, 1st Generation
Book Creator(s) Connection to the Community Represented: Own Voices/Lived Experience
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